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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1891
Page
2
Daily and weekly subscription rates are listed with short terms and discounts. Liberal commissions are offered to club agents. Sample copies are provided free on application.
A classic call for punctual newspaper delivery and reader feedback, urging subscribers to report late or missing papers. The page also includes notices demanding real names for contributions, a stance against third party reform in the South, and requests for signed letters to ensure credit.
On Wednesday December 30, 1891, concern grows over a possible U.S. declaration of war against Chili. Some citizens echo Saw Wellers line about punishing insults, asking who should be walloped for the insult to Mr. Pickwick.
A defense of objective historical writing highlights Kenne P. Barrie, professor at the University, for his study of Gen. Jeruro Sumner. The piece lauds Barrie’s ability to revive past voices, impart life to facts, and honor the state's history through disciplined research and vivid storytelling.
A Chronicle letter by Accreo B Shepardson urges a voluntary ten percent reduction of cotton acreage in the South. He argues debt-free farmers should cut back, while debtors need merchants to withhold advances until reductions are common. The aim is to lift cotton prices and end cotton overproduction.
Abbott East Indian Corn Paint offers a remedy for corns bunions and warts. The advertised product promises relief and a simple treatment method for common foot ailments.
A claim promotes Simmons Liver Regulator as a universal cure for dyspepsia and related stomach misery, asserting guaranteed relief and lasting health benefits for sufferers.
A portrait of colonial Virginians in Isle of Wight and surrounding regions. The piece notes their virtues and defects, hospitality and abundance, leisure and fashion, horsemanship and fox hunting, rudimentary education, and a hardy, independent character tempered by loyalty to England and readiness to defend rights.
Promoters claim the product cures sick headache dyspepsia nervousness constipation piles and bilious attacks when taken occasionally. They warn that neglecting digestive health leads to liver kidney and bowel disease, coated tongue and dull skin, causing melancholy and sleeplessness before chronic illness.
Notice urges buyers to verify a genuine product by the red Z Trade Mark and the J. H. Zeilin & Co. seal on the wrapper, warning against frauds and imitations. Public alert stresses authenticity and branded markings to protect consumers.
advertisement announcing Tiddledywink Tales described as the best children’s book in years with forty illustrations by Charles Howard Johnson. Full cloth gilt binding, 12mo, price 1.25. Available from DeWitt Publishing House 41 33 Rose Street New York through Booksellers.
Public foreclosure sale of two Davie County tracts described as the Alien Mine area near the North Carolina Midland Railroad. Lands to be sold at Mocksville courthouse door on January 4, 1892 to settle debts secured by mortgages held by L H Clement and E L Gaither as admins of J M Clement dec’d. Ownership details and metes bounds provided. parcels to be sold separately or together for maximum advantage.
Harper's Magazine 1892 announces a centenary celebration of the discovery of America reframed as a rediscovery, with in depth pieces on the nation’s development especially the Great West, plus dramatic episodes of American history. The issue features papers on Europe’s next war theater, armies of Germany Austria and Italy, a new novel by Howell, prominent short stories, and reminiscences of Hawthorne and the Brownings.
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